ataxic gait an unsteady, uncoordinated walk, with a wide base and the feet thrown out, coming down first on the heel and then on the toes with a double tap. double-step gait a gait in which there is a noticeable difference in the length or timing of alternate steps.
Free agency began in the NFL in 1947. Before that, clubs were able to use the reserve rule, which was made more famous by baseball and the men who crushed it: Curt Flood and Marvin Miller.
Just as there are significant differences between undrafted free agents and tryout players, there are significant differences between undrafted free agents and drafted players. Undrafted free agents sign three-year contracts for the rookie minimum, which is $435,000. The minimum salary has built-in increases each year, so a player like former Rutgers linebacker Kevin Snyder, who signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent, will sign a three-year, $1.575 million contract.